Bácsszőlős (Croatian: ''Prlković'', also ''Perleković'' and ''Crvena šuma'') is a

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and

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in Bács-Kiskun county, in the

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of southern

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Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

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of 412 people (2005). The village is located near the southern border, 8 km from Bácsalmás. Its soil is sandy, suitable for viticulture, and also consists of black soils, on which a few large entrepreneurs carry out agricultural cultivation. The beauty of the outskirts of the settlement is given by the extensive forests, which are also suitable for hunting and game management.

Trivia

2006, this village won the county award for the best decorated village (with flowers). Cvjetno naselje

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Bácsszőlős Önkormányzatának honlapja
Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County {{Bacs-geo-stub